In fact, I can now see that while CellInsertionPointCell is set toNone in the global preferences, it is always set to ->FEPrivate`FrontEndResource["FEExpressions", "CellInsertionMenu"] forany new notebook, thus the annoying "plus" sign. It doesn't seempossible to set this globally for any notebook, so I will try to putthe CellInsertionPointCell -> None option in my ini.m file to see whatit does.And also, the "plus" sign does not appear if I apply to the newlycreated notebook one of the stylesheets I made in versions 6 or 7.

On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Didier laplot <didier.laplot@gmail.com> wrote:> David Park suggested setting CellInsertionPointCell->None and> ShowCellBracket->True (or False), but these settings do not get rid of> this small annoyance on my Mac version.> He was also kind enough to send me his PresentationStyle stylesheet> and when this stylesheet is applied to a notebook, indeed the "plus"> sign does not appear.> But I'm still looking for a way to suppress the "plus" sign in a> notebook in version 8 without having to resort to any particular> stylesheet. A global option setting in the system that would revert> the display to the old simple traditional notebook interface.>> Thanks.>>